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The Crime Writer
The Crime Writer | Jill Dawson
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In 1964, the eccentric American novelist Patricia Highsmith is hiding out in a cottage in Suffolk, to concentrate on her writing and escape her fans. She has another motive too - a secret romance with a married lover based in London. Unfortunately it soon becomes clear that all her demons have come with her. Prowlers, sexual obsessives, frauds, imposters, suicides and murderers: the tropes of her fictions clamour for her attention, rudely intruding on her peaceful Suffolk retreat. After the arrival of Ginny, an enigmatic young journalist bent on interviewing her, events take a catastrophic turn. Except, as always in Highsmith's troubled life, matters are not quite as they first appear . . . Masterfully recreating Highsmith's much exercised fantasies of murder and madness, Jill Dawson probes the darkest reaches of the imagination in this novel - at once a brilliant portrait of a writer and an atmospheric, emotionally charged, riveting tale.
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Lizpixie
Lizpixie
The Crime Writer | Jill Dawson
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A dizzying ride through the mind of Patricia Highsmith, the author of Strangers On A Train. Or was it? A blend of fact and fiction, it‘s difficult to know which are the facts and which fiction, so in that the author has succeeded. Not my favourite book this month but still intriguing. #Pop19 #NovelBasedOnATrueStory #ReadingWomensChallenge #HistoricalFictionBook

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Lizpixie
Lizpixie
The Crime Writer | Jill Dawson
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#BookMail Pt2 This one was another recommendation from @SavidgeReads booktube channel. It‘s a fact based fiction about a period in author Patricia Highsmiths life where she retreated to a cottage in Suffolk under the guise of concentrating on her writing but she also has another motive-a married lover. Enter Ginny, a journalist there for an interview and things take a dark turn.

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EvieBee
EvieBee
The Crime Writer | Jill Dawson
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Today's library book haul! I've been waiting for THE CONFUSION OF LANGUAGES since finishing Fallon's book of short stories in May. Can't wait to read all of these...hopefully!

#goals #bookhaul #libraryhaul #bookstack

specklife Yay!! Reading Elvira Carr right now and LOVING IT!! 7y
EvieBee @specklife Awesome! I love reading about structured people like that. Reminded me of
[tagged book]Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
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specklife @EvieBee Yes, except a her "Condition" as she calls it is a bit more involved than Eleanor's. I'm a about 1/3 through and Elvira has thoroughly stolen my heart!! ❤️ 7y
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EvieBee @specklife Oh really?! Intrigued. I don't usually plan what to read monthly, but I had a few I planned on reading first before they're due back. Bumping this one to the top. Thank you!!!! 7y
BellaBookNook I just finished Zinzi's book. I loved it. You have a great stack of books there. 7y
EvieBee @BellaBookNook I usually save the best for last but I think I may read that one next since it's due back and short. Been looking forward to it!!! 7y
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AnnieMay
AnnieMay
The Crime Writer | Jill Dawson
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This is a fictionalised account of Patricia Highsmith's time spent in England in the 1960s (around the time she was writing Deep Water) and Dawson has a lot of fun recreating and imagining what this might have been like for Highsmith. Can't help feeling like I should have read more of her before reading this but I'll definitely be doing so now...

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The Crime Writer | Jill Dawson
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I'm sure to miss most of the references, but I'm enjoying it all the same

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The Crime Writer | Jill Dawson
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Out today (UK)! A brilliant and sincere tribute to crime maven and Virago Modern Classic author Patricia Highsmith. The attention to detail is seriously impressive.

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